Overview
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
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Setting
Set in Japan
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Music
Music by Philip Glass
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Takurō Ishizaka
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kikumi YamagishiScreenplay
- Hiroshi SaitoScreenplay
- Bernard RoseScreenplay
- Akihiro DobashiNovel
- Original title
- サムライマラソン
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 22, 2019
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United Kingdom
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Cast
Takeru SatohJinnai Karasawa
Nana KomatsuPrincess Yuki / Kumanosuke
Mirai MoriyamaHeikuro Tsujimura
Shota SometaniHironoshin Uesugi
Munetaka AokiYoshikuni Ueki
Naoto TakenakaMataemon Kurita
Etsushi ToyokawaSuketora Ioki
Hiroki HasegawaKatsuakira Itakura
Danny HustonCommodore Perry
NaoMisuzu
Taishi NakagawaFujii
Mugi Kadowaki
Joey IwanagaKazuma Kakizaki
Ryu KohataHayabusa
Yuta KosekiSaburo
Motoki FukamiNinzaemon Momose
Shinsuke KatoTogo Okajima
Ruka WakabayashiIsuke Fukumoto
Mariko TsutsuiKiyo Fukumoto
Junko AbeShiori Uesugi
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